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Board Interviews Boca Raton Regional Hospital Breaks Ground

Candidates for Gloria Drummond Patient Tower

for New Boca Raton Regional Hospital (BRRH)
officially broke ground for the new Gloria
President/CEO Drummond Patient Tower, the facility
that is the cornerstone for the hospital’s
campus transformation and the $250 mil-
The South Broward Hospital District Board of lion Keeping the Promise capital cam-
Commissioners has completed the first round of paign.
interviews for the new President and CEO who will Elaine J. Wold and the Bay Branch
succeed Aurelio M. Fernandez, III, FACHE, when Foundation made a $25 million gift to
he retires. Keeping the Promise and the tower was
The Board of Commissioners recently interviewed named in memory of Boca Regional’s
a group of diverse healthcare executives presented founder, Gloria Drummond, her close
by the executive search firm WittKieffer, who had and life-long friend.
been actively recruiting in the national marketplace. “I believe we all have a responsibility to
The Board will be inviting four of these candidates improve the level of health care in our
for an in-person interview and these interview area, to forge new directions, and bring
notices will be publicly posted on mhs.net. new medicine to our families here,” said
The candidates are: Mrs. Wold. “It is also important to
• Jonathan W. Curtright, Chief Executive Officer, remember and honor our origins, which
University of Missouri Health Care is really the foundation of everything this
• William L. Jackson, Jr., MD, President, hospital has become. Gloria Drummond’s
Chief Executive Officer, name is synonymous with Boca Raton (l-r) Mark Larkin, President of the BRRH Foundation; Bo Boulenger,
Erlanger Health System Regional Hospital. Her legacy and spirit President and CEO of Baptist Health South Florida; Christine E. Lynn, Chair
• Edward Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, remain deeply ingrained in everything we of the BRRH Board of Directors and Co-Chair of Keeping the Promise…
University of Florida Health do and whatever future we create.” The Campaign for Boca Raton Regional Hospital; Elaine J. Wold; Lincoln
• K. Scott Wester, President, Wold’s gift joins a generous Boca Raton Mendez, CEO of Boca Raton Regional Hospital; Warren Orlando, Vice
Chief Executive Officer, philanthropic community that has Chairman, Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center already provided more than $225 million
Once all in-person interviews and any additional in commitments towards the Keeping the
follow up with these candidates are completed the Promise goal of $250 million. Mrs. Wold donated the funds to expand and modern-
Board of Commissioners will meet and make a deci- Wold is one of the nation’s leading philanthropists ize the Hospital’s Emergency Department, creating the
sion regarding the selection of the next President and a long-time BRRH supporter. She previously donat- Wold Family Center for Emergency Medicine, which
and CEO with an announcement to follow. ed $10 million to construct the Hospital’s 37,500 square treats more than 50,000 patients annually.

South Broward Hospital District, foot, state-of-the-art Gloria She has supported various other patient care initia-
Board of Commissioners Drummond Physical Rehabilitation Institute, also tives at Boca Regional and has donated to a number of
named in memory of her friend. Prior to then, community and national organizations.

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